lifelong lessons
Life so smoothly cruises by Cascading hills and gliding across plains The power that bears a vessel Is not found in the size that defines the sail Nor in the mechanism of its make Like every mortal, this vessel is Not in the deeds of mere hands Or diligence of a devoted heart Is found the strength to carry through But in the tide of an undercurrent In the whisper of a known silent voice Is the one that […]
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Beings on six wings, in flight With unimaginable sonorous* voices, sing “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty The earth is full of your glory” Praises from the celestial realm Acknowledgement due the One on high Time having no unit of measurement Single days to thousand years, praises rain What privilege to join the choir above! To back-up leading voices of non-men And while angels hide behind great wings We come into this awesome presence, boldly Shall […]
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The strong have fallen by the wayside The burdened, afflicted a measure more Even the righteous are stung as well All because a man would speak Wished he had spoken what he knew Telling tales the way they are Adding not a clause of falsehood Even as he longed to speak Could a man for what to say Bear the lies of another’s lips Telling it as though he were sure Of every word he chose to speak? […]
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He grew a child and knew not God So he lived and carved a niche* Born at birth a sinner’s lad Knew he was and so remained Came a time he heard of Christ Who had died a death for him But he would not hear of it With his life he went ahead Many turns and twists he saw As he journeyed through his time Shifting grounds and plans alike But the end he saw afar […]
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Grown upon the soil of toil Every skill was honed* by striving Bettered by diligence in practice And styled by individual concepts Any man that envies another Sees not the uniqueness of his build And the crave that beguiles his being Is the very cause of his mediocrity Man that you are See beyond your nose In your wonderful and fearful make Lies uniqueness, human and divine! Psalm 139:14“14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully […]
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I dared to look Through the parted curtains of my life And I saw fresh leaves fall off my life’s tree I tried to pick them all up But couldn’t replace them at stalk The more I bent to pick The more leaves fell, still fresh I got weaker by the day And noticed my utter helplessness Then picked I for my path, a light For my feet, a lamp In it saw I celestial ministers By […]
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Love is never bored Humble and never lords Through trials it can forge Bearing not a bitter grudge When the battle is fierce It comes like relief to pierce Conveying pain in a hearse* Granting the desired recess Though the journey be longer by a mile It never fails to keep up the smile Knowing when weariness comes in a pile Love will pace you across, tile by tile Love could layer like sod Or sweep wholesomely […]
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Except in the light of hypocrisy Or in conformation to humane courtesy Men are under no obligation To give another a gift Concept of giving is founded So strongly on a base divine That he who must give That divine image must reflect Love is the unshakable base For the Father loved and gave Giving His utmost possession In that He loved so much He who must give In love must and not be compelled In truth, […]
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Xerxes was king in Susa Vashti, his queen pleased him not And for bride he picked Esther In Vashti’s place was Mordecai’s adopted Seasons later, for deprived honor Haman the Agagite, Hammedatha’s son Played into law, a decree All Jews were to die! The royal signet* sealed it Unchangeable, the laws of the Medes and Persians But Mordecai, though in ashes, lived in hope This law to avert laid he bid to Queen Esther Transcending another […]
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By the coins of betrayal A man bought a field Leaving his body there He boarded a means to hell He did with a kiss Tell his Master ‘Greetings’ But deep in his heart Was an opinion ‘Farewell’ This same was of a promise A throne by the Master To Israel, a judge But men bore his corpse Not a few look saint-like But deep within are evil-born Hooded to the eyes like Monks How long […]
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